Paring knife



Patented Mar. 17, 1925. l l i UNH-En STATI-:1s PATENT carica.'

ALBERT BEER-ENS, F GALVA, IOW'A.

PARING KNIFE.

Application filed March 2'?, 1924. Serial No. 702,440.

To all whom t may concern.' U-shaped construction is the slot 5. One

Be it known that I. ALBERT BnHRnNs, a of the side edges of the slot 5 isdisposed citizen of the United States, residing at outwardly as shown at6in the drawing to 55 Galva. in the county of Ida and 'State of providea sharp cutting edge in the manner 5 Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful well known in the art. The rear portion of Improvements in aPai-ing Knife, of which the shank l is substantially flat and the thefollowing is a specification. rear end thereof is bent upwardly as shownThis invention relates to new and useful at 7 in. the drawing andadapted to be sup- 60 improvements in paring knives which are ported onthe Hat rear portion of the shank l0 principally adapted for use inconnection and against the end portion 7 is the wooden with the peelingof fruit and vegetables handle 8, any suitable fastening means such andhas for it-s principal object to prevent as is shown at 9 being providedfor securing the unnecessary waste of the fruit or vegethe handle inposition on the shank and end table being pared. portion thereof in themanner clearly illusl5 A further object of the invention is to protratedin Figure l of the drawing.

vide a paring knife of the above mentioned By providing a paring knifeof the above character. which is simple in construction, mentionedcharacter, the same may be used l inexpensive, strong and durable andfurtherfor peeling or paring fruit or vegetables in more adapted for thepurposes for which it such a manner as to prevent unnecessary 2U isdesignated. waste which heretofore has resulted when Other objects andadvantages of this inthe ordinary paring knives are used. Furventionwill become apparent during the thermore, the forward end of the knifemay course of the following description. be used for removing spoiledportions of v In the accompanying drawing forming a. the fruit or theeyes of potatoes in the man- 25 part of the specification and in whichlike ner well known in the art.

numerals designate like parts throughout the The simplicity of mydevicey enables the saine, same to be manufactured at a very low costFigure l is a side elevation of my imand will be strong and durable.proved paring knife, W'hile I have shown the preferred em'bodi- 30Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, ment of my invention, it is tobe understood and that various changes in the size, shape and Figure 3is a transverse section taken aparrangement of parts may be resorted toproximately on line 3-3 of Figure 1. without departing from the spiritof the in- 85 In the drawing, wherein for the purpose vention and thescope of the appendedv of illustration is shown the preferred emclaims.l bodiment of my invention. the numeral l Having thus described myinvention, designates the shank of mly improved paring what I claim is:knife and the same is formed of a substanl. A paring knife comprising asingle tially velongated strip of metal. The formetal stamping providedwith a relatively 40 ward portion of the shank is provided with narrowstrip-like portion constituting means the lateral extensions 2 and 3which are bent for attaching the stamping to one side of a upwardly toprovide a substantially U- handle, the free end of said narrow porshapedconstruction in the manner clearly tion being directed laterally to bearagainst illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing.y The an adjacent end ofsaid handle, that portion lateral extensionsl 2 and 3 converge toward ofthe stamping extending beyond the other the forward end of the shank toprovide a end of the narrow portion being comparasharpened or pointedend 4L in the manner tively wide and bent transversely into subclearlyillustrated in Figurel of the drawstantial channel-shape, saidchannel-shaped ing. l portion being provided with a longitudinal 50Formed in the bottom of the forward end slot, one edge of which isdirected laterally of the shank l and extending longitudinally andsharpened to provide a cutting blade.l

for a greater portion of the substantially 2. A paring knife comprisinga vsingle a handle, the free end of said narrow por, tion being directedlaterally to bear against an adjacent end of said handle, that portionof the stamping extending beyond the other tively Wide and being benttransversely into substantial channel shape, said channel 10 shapedportion being provided with a longitudinally disposed cutting blade.

In testimony whereof Ivaffix my si nature.

ALBERT BEHR JNS.

